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Voters in the November election rejected strict rent control laws in Burlingame, San Mateo and Alameda but approved them in Richmond and Mountain View.

In Burlingame and Alameda, voters rejected rent control by a roughly 2-1 margin. Ballots cast in favor of Burlingame’s Measure R garnered 33 percent of the vote, while yes votes for Alameda’s M1 earned 34 percent. In San Mateo, the rent control measure also failed decidedly, with Measure Q receiving just 39 percent approval.

Despite a strong campaign to defeat rent control, Richmond’s Measure L won approval with 64 percent of the vote. Among other things, Measure L has:

Rolled rents back to July 2015 levels

Limited rent increases to the rate of inflation (CPI)

Imposed strict eviction controls

Established a rent commission to oversee the rental housing industry in Richmond

Mountain View’s rent control initiative, Measure V, passed with 53 percent of the vote. Enforcement of the law is on hold pending a lawsuit challenging the measure’s constitutionality.

If utlimately implmeneted, Measure V, among other things, will:

Roll rents back to October 2015 levels

Cap rent increases between 2 percent and 5 percent per year based on CPI with banking unused increases up to 10 percent

Impose strict eviction controls

Require owners to allow family members of tenants to move in without a credit check so long as the occupancy standards are not exceeded

Establish a rent commission to oversee the rental housing industry in Mountain View.

Rent Control in Words

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Say the words “rent control” to a property owner or tenant, and you’re sure to elicit an emotional response. Rent control has to be one of the most divisive terms in American housing policy. Most people either love it or hate it, but how many truly understand it? The California Apartment Association created WhatIsRentControl.com to answer basic questions about this controversial policy and to foster a deeper understanding of its impacts on California communities.

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